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Table 4 Diarrhea rate of mice after taking rhubarb decoction

From: Integrated assessment of medicinal rhubarb by combination of delayed luminescence and HPLC fingerprint with emphasized on bioactivities based quality control

Group

Dosage (g crude rhubarb/kg)

n

The mice of loose stools (n)

Diarrhea rate (%)

Control

–

8

0

0

S10-Low

1.0

8

0

0

S10-Medium

2.5

8

1

12.5

S10-High

5.0

9

3

33.3

S22-Low

1.0

8

0

0

S22- Medium

2.5

8

5

62.5*

S22-High

5.0

9

8

88.9***#

  1. Comparison with control group: *p < 0.05; ***p < 0.001. Comparisons with the same dose of S10: #p < 0.05